Energy Characteristics of the Process of Air Scrubbing from Hydrocarbon Contaminants in a Barrier-Discharge Reactor

Bugaev SP; Kuvshinov VA; Sochugov NS; Khryapov PA

Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, Vol.16, No.4, 669-677, 1996

Bugaev SP, Kuvshinov VA, Sochugov NS, Khryapov PA

The electrical and chemical characteristics of air scrubbing, using a barrier discharge, from impurities of xylene, a typical organic contaminant, have been investigated. Based on the interrelation between the electrical and chemical characteristics, an approach to the optimization of the cleaning process has been proposed that allows a severalfold reduction of the energy input.